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Personal info

Full name
KELLEY, Richard W
Date of birth
1919
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Alabama
Hometown
Gadsden, Etowah County, Alabama

Military service

Service number
O2001033
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
311th Infantry Regiment,
78th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 April 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
H 17 4

Immediate family

Members
Robert R. Kelley (father)

More information

2nd Lt Richard W. Kelley enlisted at Fort Benning, Georgia on 18 December 1940.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet